Kathy Martin on Saturday ran 1500 meters in 5:25.29 at Daegu worlds to crush the listed W65 WR of 5:36.88 by Britain’s Angela Copson. This means she now has WRs for 800, 1500, mile and 3000 this season. Also notching his second WR of the meet is M80 Bob Lida, whose 400 in 1:10.20 destroys the listed WR of 1:11.24 by Canadian legend Earl Fee in 2009. Earlier, Bob bounced his own 200 WR, clocking 29.15 — way better than his 29.84 from the recent ABQ nationals. Also setting records were Germany’s Roland Gröger, whose 51.73 lowered his own season best 51.92 and M50 WR for 400. And Aussie Jeanette Flynn (1:10.34) and Brit Caroline Marler (1:11.72) both broke the listed W65 WR of 1:11.89 by American Carolyn Cappetta back in 2001. Holland’s Hans Smeets became the oldest M70 to go sub-5 in the indoor 1500 (his 4:59.62 nipping the listed WR of 5:00.43 by France’s Jean Claude Demarque). The listed outdoor WR is 4:52.95. Canada’s Christa Bortignon improved her own WRs in the long jump and triple jump, with marks of 3.17 (10-4 3/4) and 7.09 (23-3 1/4). Brit Jane Horder’s 9.90 took down the listed W60 WR in the 60 hurdles of countrywoman Carole Ann Filer’s 9.96. Ukraine’s Oleg Fedorko cleared a WR 1.74 (5-8 1/2) to beat the listed M60 WR of 1.73 (5-8) by Finland’s Asko Pesonen and had three misses at 1.77 (5-9 3/4). Not least was the W75 WR of 14.34 (47-0 3/4) in the weight throw by Germany’s Gudrun Mellmann. I may have missed some records. (Been busy scooping the world on an FBI investigation of M40 congressman Duncan Hunter.)

Some notable events with a day left at worlds:

Event 53 W65 1500 m

WMA: R 5:36.88
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Martin, Kathryn W65 United States 5:25.29R
2 Tabor, Rosalind W67 Great Britain 5:57.97
3 Steinbach, Coreen W65 United States 5:59.00
4 Moorhouse, Paula W68 Australia 6:24.89
5 Amano, Harumi W68 Japan 6:34.07
6 Hudnall, Norma W67 United States 7:01.30
7 Chlupata, Jana W66 Czech Republic 7:09.40
8 Yun, SunJa W65 Korea 7:58.80
9 Rosado, Mary W67 United States 9:03.73

Event 267 M70 1500 m
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WMA: R 5:00.43
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Smeets, Hans M70 Netherlands 4:59.62R
2 Patton, Gary M71 United States 5:10.46
3 Pate, Ronald M70 United States 5:35.97
4 Galeazzi, Onelio M72 Italy 5:40.69
5 Jo, Soonok M70 Korea 6:05.73
6 Juopperi, Markku M72 Finland 6:08.37
7 Choi, Changgyu M70 Korea 6:15.58
8 Chimed, Boldbaatar M71 Mongolia 6:28.57
9 Shieh, Jong-Her M71 Chinese Taipei 6:39.45

Event 77 W60 60 m Hurdles
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60 WMA: R 9.96
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Horder, Jane W60 Great Britain 9.90R
2 Filer, Carole W61 Great Britain 10.20
3 Grummert, Karin W61 Germany 12.24
4 Tamada, Yumiko W64 Japan 13.36

Event 321 M60 High Jump
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WMA: R 1.73m
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Fedorko, Oleg M62 Ukraine 1.74mR
1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30 1.40 1.45 1.50 1.55 1.58 1.61 1.64 1.70 1.74 1.77
P P P P P P P P P P P O O O O XXX
2 Lorenc, Jaroslav M63 Czech Republic 1.61m
1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30 1.40 1.45 1.50 1.55 1.58 1.61 1.64
P P P P P P P O O XO XXO XO XXX
3 Dariusz, Bednarski M62 Poland 1.61m
1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30 1.40 1.45 1.50 1.55 1.58 1.61 1.64
P P P P P P P P O O O XXO XXX
4 Herrmann, Volkmar M61 Germany 1.58m
1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30 1.40 1.45 1.50 1.55 1.58 1.61
P P P P P P P O O O XO XXX
5 Roivainen, Olavi M60 Finland 1.50m
1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30 1.40 1.45 1.50 1.55
P P P P P P O XO O XXX
6 Prstec, Miro M60 Slovenia 1.45m
1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30 1.40 1.45 1.50
P P P P P P O XXO XXX
7 Watson, Richard M64 United States 1.25m
1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30
O O O O XO XXX

Event 135 W75 Weight Throw
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75 WMA: R 14.24m
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Mellmann, Gudrun W75 Germany 14.34mR
13.35m 14.34m FOUL 12.63m 12.85m 12.59m
2 Banens, Janice W75 Australia 11.92m
11.91m 11.38m 11.92m FOUL FOUL 10.71m
3 Krutob, Tiia W75 Estonia 10.78m
10.10m 9.84m 10.56m 10.78m 10.16m 10.49m
4 Tumurbat, Tserendolgor W78 Mongolia 10.09m
9.34m 10.09m 10.07m 9.65m 10.01m 9.74m
5 Derrien, Carole W78 Great Britain 8.55m
7.83m 8.12m 7.65m 8.28m 7.90m 8.55m
6 Frackowiak, Ewa W78 Poland 8.17m
8.09m 8.17m 6.30m 6.77m 7.39m FOUL

Event 31 W65 400 m
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WMA: R 1:11.89
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Flynn, Jeanette W65 Australia 1:10.34R
2 Marler, Caroline W66 Great Britain 1:11.72R
3 Peake, Lyn W67 Australia 1:14.16
4 Tabor, Rosalind W67 Great Britain 1:17.05
5 Moorhouse, Paula W68 Australia 1:17.40

Event 233 M80 200 m
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WMA: R 29.84
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Lida, Robert M80 United States 29.15R
2 Cozens, Robert M80 United States 32.34
3 Bowman, Tony M81 Great Britain 32.34
4 Kabele, Antonin M81 Czech Republic 38.34
5 Lee, Gyuseok M84 Korea 1:10.10

Event 245 M80 400 m
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WMA: R 1:11.24
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Lida, Robert M80 United States 1:10.20R
2 Cozens, Robert M80 United States 1:29.16
3 Bowman, Tony M81 Great Britain 2:01.99

Event 227 M50 200 m
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WMA: R 22.99
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Gröger, Roland M52 Germany 23.63
2 Thomas, Robert M50 United States 23.74
3 Bontemps, Francois M53 France 23.80
4 Tavitian, Zaven M50 Canada 24.27
5 Lemassif, Christian M50 Canada 24.27
6 Aurelien, Clinton M51 United States 25.00

Event 239 M50 400 m
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WMA: R 51.92
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Gröger, Roland M52 Germany 51.73R
2 Thomas, Robert M50 United States 53.00
3 Shute, Marcus W M54 United States 53.79
4 Ikeno, Masahiro M52 Japan 54.38
5 Sherar, Michael M53 Canada 54.58
6 Faucher, Serge M52 Canada 54.90

Event 28 W50 400 m
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WMA: R 1:01.17
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Icarre, Maryvonne W51 France 1:01.62
2 Gutierrez M, Sigrid W53 Costa Rica 1:02.05
3 Mogentale, Gianna W53 Australia 1:05.01
4 Collins, Alison Jane W52 Great Britain 1:06.94
5 Finegan, Geraldine W51 Ireland 1:07.16
6 Wight, Philippa W53 Australia 1:08.74

Event 237 M40 400 m
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WMA: R 48.95
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Dussett, Antwon M41 United States 49.44
2 Coogan, Mike M44 Great Britain 51.07
3 John, Nigel M44 Canada 51.70
4 Besombes, Laurent M40 France 51.90
5 Yamamoto, Koji M40 Japan 52.42
6 Wong, Kin On M43 Hong Kong, China 54.72